CZ Rules Out Binance Return Despite Trump Pardon, Predicts Bitcoin Supercycle in 2026
#Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao has definitively ruled out returning to lead the cryptocurrency exchange, even though a presidential pardon from Donald Trump has technically lifted restrictions that previously barred him from the role.
Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Sunday, Zhao confirmed that his understanding of the pardon means former restrictions are “completely lifted.” However, he dismissed any possibility of going back to active involvement at Binance.
“I haven’t really needed to go back. I didn’t really want to,” Zhao said. “I thought it was a pretty good way for me to step down, away from Binance after seven years. At the time, it was very painful. I didn’t like it. But after, you get used to it.”
Shifting focus to market outlook, Zhao predicted that Bitcoin could enter a supercycle during 2026, potentially breaking from its traditional four-year market cycle pattern.
“Normally, #bitcoin follows four-year cycles. If you look at historic data, every four years there’s an all-time high, and then there’s a drop,” Zhao explained. “But I think this year, given the US being so pro crypto and every other country is kind of following, I do think we will see this. We will probably break the four-year cycle.”
In economic terms, a supercycle represents an extended period of outsized growth, typically indicating a major fundamental shift sustained over many years. Zhao attributes potential $BTC Bitcoin supercycle conditions to increased cryptocurrency-friendly policies in the United States.
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